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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
ChĂ£o Bom, Cabo Verde
Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
Agra, India
Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Neville Hall
This building played host to some of the most influential minds of the Industrial Revolution and now serves as a reminder of the influence of Northern coalfields.
54.9695, -1.6144
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma Public Sundial
This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.
47.2756, -122.4624
Culross, Scotland
Cobblestone Footpath
The raised stones in the middle of this road through Culross are relics of a 17th-century class divide.
56.0556, -3.6283
Providence, Rhode Island
Ladd Observatory
A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.
41.8390, -71.3991
Hawkshead, England
William Wordsworth's School Desk Carving
This small village museum contains the schoolboy scratchings of William Wordsworth.
54.3737, -2.9985
Enklinge, Ă…land Islands
Hermas Homestead Museum
This archipelago homestead-turned-museum has remained the same since its last resident, born in 1897, died in 1973.
60.3405, 20.7673
Ashland, Pennsylvania
Byrnesville
An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.
40.7953, -76.3388
Uvita, Costa Rica
Punta Uvita Tombolo
Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.
9.1452, -83.7627
Noto, Japan
Mawaki Site
The site of a prehistoric settlement spanning millennia, complete with a reconstructed timber circle.
37.3057, 137.2069
Hanoi, Vietnam
BĂºn Thang 29 HĂ ng HĂ nh
This time-honored eatery near HoĂ n Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.
21.0314, 105.8505
Canadian, Texas
Gene Cockrell's Yard Art
Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.
35.9076, -100.3504
Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Alaska-Canada Highway Mile 0
The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.
55.7623, -120.2392
Hanoi, Vietnam
BĂ¡nh Cuốn BĂ XuĂ¢n
This steamed rice crepe specialist has been rolling up its namesake dish for over 30 years.
21.0422, 105.8478
Mandeville, Louisiana
Old Lady of the Lake Oak
A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.
30.3573, -90.0789
Mauritania
Ben Amera Monolith
The second largest monolith in the world was once betrayed by its lover, Ben Aicha.
21.2242, -13.6639
Jacksonville, Florida
Friday Musicale
Established in 1890, this Jacksonville institution is the longest running music venue in the state of Florida.
30.3184, -81.6777
Seward, Alaska
Iditarod Mile 0 Marker
The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.
60.1016, -149.4357
Kansas City, Missouri
TWA Museum
The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.
39.1154, -94.5916
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